US Patent:
20050166036, Jul 28, 2005
Inventors:
Michael Catherwood - Pepperell MA, US
Edward Boles - Mesa AZ, US
Stephen Bowling - Chandler AZ, US
Joshua Conner - Apache Junction AZ, US
Rodney Drake - Gilbert AZ, US
John Elliott - Chandler AZ, US
Brian Fall - Chandler AZ, US
James Grosbach - Scottsdale AZ, US
Tracy Kuhrt - Apache Junction AZ, US
Guy McCarthy - Chandler AZ, US
Manuel Muro - Cary NC, US
Mike Pyska - Phoenix AZ, US
Joseph Triece - Phoenix AZ, US
International Classification:
G06F015/00
Abstract:
An instruction set is provided that features multiple instructions and various address modes to deliver a mixture of flexible microcontroller-like instructions and specialized digital signal processing (“DSP”) execute instructions from a single instruction stream. A subset of instructions of the instruction set can be executed by a processor. Similarly, another subset of the instructions can be utilized by the digital signal processor. A software application can thus take advantage of digital signal processing capabilities in the same program, obviating the need for separate programs for separate processors.